Tag: quiet mind

Misty Stillness

Sometimes, a haze descends
Obscuring all I see
I don’t mind

The misty grey
Becomes a canvas
On which I create worlds

In this realm
Of time and change
And buddhas long forgotten

I sit
Then breathe
To quiet mind
Of learnings misbegotten

This land once rose
And then it fell
By men of mind besotten

Nearly every conscious moment
I am puzzling it out
Whether with glass and photons
Keyboards and electrons
Or synapses and neurons

But the wisest insights always come
When I turn away from all of these
And simply listen to the voice within
Which resonates best with my body

In the cool grey
Of a cloudy afternoon
The air so still
Even the birds respect the silence

In repose
I reflect
On the day that has been
On the day to come

Until
Like the birds
I respect the silence
Let my mind go still

Caught in the maelstrom of thoughts
I am lost in a chaos of possibilities

So I breathe
Let go the thoughts
Dispelling
The chaos

Until I am conscious
Only of being

Before the sun

Unsaturated pastels
Hushed details
Settled sea
Slumbering land
Quiet calm

Do you want to know peace?
Be peace
Do you want to have peace?
Give peace

What is peace?
Awakening

My mind
Tries to know itself
Tying thoughts in Gordian Knots
Of increasing perplexity

When the light lies low
Yet vibrant

When the dew clings
And the earth seems still